Ferris Formation (UW locality V-91005)
Basic information
Sample name: Ferris Formation (UW locality V-91005)
Reference: J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [ER 4135]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
Coordinate: 41.95° N, -106.88° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Ferris
Time interval: Early Palaeocene
Zone: Puercan
Section: Ferris
Unit number: 3
Unit order: below to above
Geography comments: near the north-central edge of sec. 28, T. 23 N., R. 84 W.
said to be in the basal Pu2 zone
said to be in the basal Pu2 zone
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Habitat comments: shown in Fig. 2 as coming from a sandstone bed
Methods
Life forms: ungulates
Sample size: 15 specimens
Years: 1991
Museum: University of Wyoming
Sampling comments: presumably discovered in 1991
collecting methods not specified, possibly screenwashed
counts are based on two companion papers by Eberle and Lillegraven (1998), ER refs 4135 and 4136
collecting methods not specified, possibly screenwashed
counts are based on two companion papers by Eberle and Lillegraven (1998), ER refs 4135 and 4136
Metadata
Sample number: 4588
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-12-09 04:24:15
Modified: 2024-12-09 04:30:31
Abundance distribution
10 species
8 singletons
total count 15
geometric series index: 76.9
Fisher's α: 13.112
geometric series k: 0.8363
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8238
Shannon's H: 2.0792
Good's u: 0.4760
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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